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Corona Devo 3346

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Have you ever been stung by a bee?  It hurts.  And--even afterwards...there is prolonged pain associated with the bee sting.   Bee stings are not pleasant--quite the opposite, and thus, I don’t like to be in close proximity of bees if I can help it. And so, imagine my concern when I looked, and inches from my face was a bee.   Inches .   I could see his furry abdomen and waxy, jointed legs… up close, and it was making me nervous. However---good (and non-stinging) news: the bee was on the outside of my car window…and he (or she) was not actually a threat or dangerous to me, because we had a barrier between us. In my faith experience, I have experienced the Lord’s “barrier-of-protection” over our hearts when we come to trust Him in our trying-times and in our scared-scenarios. If we can quell-the-panic response that so easily arises within our heart and mind…and instead pray, then we will watch-and-see what happens, and it will be that we will exper...
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Corona Devo 3345

When we introduce ourselves to someone new... what do we say ?  What words do we describe ourselves with?  Which groups/teams/areas/people/adjectives do we associate ourselves with...when announcing who we are ?   Or...if we are not connected with others through hobbies or fitness or even family, then do we amount to anything... even if we are not associated with anything? If we gain  our purpose and value from groups and others, then when those areas fail us, or when we fail them---does our value and purpose disappear also? The world says, Yes .  But the Lord says, No.    We are not defined by our associations with others and with our efforts.  We are defined by our God, and our true identity is in Him . Activities and other people can be good things in our lives, but what we DO doesn’t define WHO WE ARE.  We should never forget who we truly are, and who God made us to be: His children . First and foremost and always and fore...
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Corona Devo 3344

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Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.   ~ Genesis 6:20 ~~~ ... will come to you ...  ~Genesis 6:20 The Bible (God's Word) doesn't say that Noah traveled to Australia for kangaroos, and to China for pandas. God told Noah His plans, and God was clear about Noah's role and responsibility in them:  So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.  ( 15)  This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.  ( 16)  Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around.   Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.  ~Genesis 6:14-16 Noah's job was to make an ark, and God told him exactly how---down to the cubit measurements ( 300x50x30 ) and where the door shoul...
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Corona Devo 3343

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What God said (then) to Noah , about the wickedness of the world is still true (today) about the wickedness of the world.  Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. ( 12) God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.  ~Genesis 6:11-12 The Lord brought the flood as a consequence to sin, and Noah and his family (alone) were the human survivors of the flood, even though the ark had a big door on the side that was open to every animal that entered, and that door was also open to every man, woman, and child living during Noah's day.   So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.  (15)  This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. ( 16) Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around.    Put a door in the side of the ark ...
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